The Space Shuttle Orbital Vehicle was developed and operated by NASA as part of the Space Transportation System Program.¨Ü It is the first orbital human spacecraft designed for reusability.¨Ü The Space Shuttle Orbital Vehicle Discovery (OV-103) flew a total of 39 missions.¨Ü The first was mission was STS-41D, on August 30, 1984 and the last was STS-133 on February 24, 2011.¨Ü Spending a total of 365 days in space, traveling more than 148,221,675 miles, Discovery flew more spaceflights than any other space shuttle or spacecraft in history.¨Ü It famously deployed the Hubble Space Telescope on its April 1990, STS-31 mission and carried John Glenn on its STS-95 mission in October 1998, when the astronaut was 77 making him the oldest person ever to reach space.¨Ü The Orbiter Discovery is now retired and on display at the Smithsonian InstitutionǃÙs National Air & Space Museum. This Die-cast metal spacecraft model comes in 1:300 scale with plastic stand and is approximately 4 3/4 inches long with 3 1/8 inch wingspan.